Gulf of Guinea Archives - Baird Maritime

April 21, 2022

Patrol boat delivered to Nigerian security company

Written by Baird Maritime on April 21, 2022. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

Lagos, Nigeria-based marine services and security consultancy Bricks has taken delivery of a new aluminium-hulled patrol boat built by Nautic Africa of Cape Town, South A ..

November 29, 2021

Four suspects killed in failed pirate attack in Gulf of Guinea

Written by Baird Maritime on November 29, 2021. Posted in Piracy, Ships (Naval).

The Danish Ministry of Defence reports that a Royal Danish Navy ship successfully thwarted an attempt by pirates to harass merchant vessels in the Gulf of Guinea off Nige ..

July 26, 2021

Ten sentenced in Nigeria over fishing vessel hijacking

Written by Baird Maritime on July 26, 2021. Posted in Catching, Piracy, Ships (Naval).

A federal court in Lagos, Nigeria, has found ten individuals guilty of hijacking a foreign-flagged fishing vessel and imposed a 12-year prison sentence on each of the def ..

February 21, 2022

COLUMN | Yinson gets big in Brazil, while competitors bleed, and POSH quits Taiwan [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on February 21, 2022. Posted in Anchor Handling, Offshore Construction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

Asian companies have taken a battering in the offshore industry downturn. Singapore’s Ezion and Ezra have gone into liquidation, Malaysian OSV builder and owner Nam Che ..

MARITIME SECURITY WEEK

October 21, 2021

Nigeria records lowest level of piracy since 1994

Written by Baird Maritime on October 21, 2021. Posted in Piracy.

The trend of reduction in piracy and armed robbery in Nigerian waters has continued, with the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reporting in its third quarter 2021 acco ..

RESEARCH & TRAINING WEEK

July 21, 2021

VESSEL REVIEW | Lana – French-built research and patrol vessel for Nigerian Navy

Written by Baird Maritime on July 21, 2021. Posted in Marine Research and Training, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Search and Rescue, Ships (Naval), Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of a new patrol and research vessel from French shipbuilder OCEA. Acquired for a cost of NGN3.4 billion (US$9 million), NNS Lana will ..

January 13, 2022

Global sea piracy and armed robbery attacks reach lowest levels since 1994

Written by Baird Maritime on January 13, 2022. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Piracy, Ships (Naval).

Maritime piracy and armed robbery attacks reached the lowest recorded level since 1994 as revealed in the recently published annual piracy report of the International Mar ..

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEK

October 21, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – October 21, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on October 21, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Crew Transfer, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World.

Crewboats dominate this latest string of offshore vessel deliveries and orders. These small yet versatile vessels will be allotted for operations in Western Europe, Afric ..

MARITIME SECURITY WEEK

June 11, 2021

VESSEL REVIEW | South African-built escort and patrol vessel for Gulf of Guinea anti-piracy missions

Written by Baird Maritime on June 11, 2021. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Nautic Africa, a subsidiary of South African shipbuilder Paramount Maritime Holdings, recently completed the construction and delivery of a new multi-purpose vessel optim ..